12 million is fully guaranteed this Saturday, so expect a decision sometime tomorrow. Either take a pay-cut or get cut. The market has been set for DEs (around 7 million annually), so I expect him to accept reality and stay here under a new deal. If he refuses, he will be cut, and the added cap room will be spent on his replacement(s) (Osi, Freeney, Abraham). It's a win-win situation for the Broncos, in my opinion.

he adds nothing to this offense. he's a quicker stokley who drops passes in key moments. waste of $6m a year.

While I've always been a Welker fan I have to agree with you on this. $6 mil for a slot guy seems a little far fetched and IMO his best days behind him regardless if Peyton is there or not.

I mean for instance I'd love to have Tavon Austin way more than Welker for several reasons. Speed, Athleticism, Age, money. I do value Austin very high but regardless I feel you can find a good slot guy as they dont have to be these excellent route runners, simply just need to be quick and have good open field awareness and quickness.

I think your offense will obviously be good but these will take alot of touches away from Demarius and Decker as well.

My biggest concern for you guys here would be the deal you gave him. I still like Welker though.

12 million is fully guaranteed this Saturday, so expect a decision sometime tomorrow. Either take a pay-cut or get cut. The market has been set for DEs (around 7 million annually), so I expect him to accept reality and stay here under a new deal. If he refuses, he will be cut, and the added cap room will be spent on his replacement(s) (Osi, Freeney, Abraham). It's a win-win situation for the Broncos, in my opinion.

From the games I watched of you guys, I'm pretty sure you were in the 3-4 the majority of the time. What role did Dumervil play? And what can one expect of him going forward? Do you see him being superior to the guys you could replace him with? (Don't take money into consideration)

he adds nothing to this offense. he's a quicker stokley who drops passes in key moments. waste of $6m a year.

You would have rather allocated those funds to a RB or S, I'm guessing? If so, it's a fair point, and I would agree to an extent. I just feel he adds another weapon to an already dangerous offense. And $6m is a substantial pay-cut from the $9.5m he made last year.

From the games I watched of you guys, I'm pretty sure you were in the 3-4 the majority of the time. What role did Dumervil play? And what can one expect of him going forward? Do you see him being superior to the guys you could replace him with? (Don't take money into consideration)

We actually run a 4-2-5 most of the time, but our base defense is a 4-3. We may use a few 3-4 looks here and there. Dumervil, in my opinion, has evolved into a bit of a one-trick pony. He gets to the quarterback, but he really only has one pass rush move and gets washed out of the run game far too often. I would prefer Osi / Abraham / Freeney, to be honest.

I liked the Welker move. We were really only 3 deep at WR last year - Manning had zero confidence in Willis/Caldwell and it really showed when they were in the game. If we can bring Stokely back at low cost, I think we'll be in great shape. The price tag was also pretty reasonable.

Other other moves (DRC, Knighton, Vasquez) were all solid. I really like what I'm seeing from the FO. The draft looks like RB-LB-S, which are all relatively low-value positions so we have a chance of getting a decent player or two despite picking late.

meh, whatever. i liked doom, he was easily one of my favorite draft picks we've made recently. but he's not worth $8m a year, and he definitely wasn't worth $12m a year. wish him luck in baltimore, but i think we actually have a decent DE rotation right now with wolfe and ayers for first and second down. if the draft falls like scott has it, damontre would be a fantastic pick as a third down pass rusher. i don't think we'd lose anything.

BOOM, I agree with this. We have a decent rotation of guys, and adding a vet like Freeney or Abraham could help as well as drafting someone. Broncos SHOULD be able to get Dumervil's production for a fraction of the cost, which is a win for them.

Doom never played the run well unless he was in pursuit. Ayers is much stronger in that area. Go back to the Panthers game last year when Doom was out and watch Ayers' film... I think that is partly why the team was willing to be tougher on the $$$ side of things with Doom.

Anyway, that's two bad contracts (Doom, DJ) off the books. This FO has certainly made some strides in cap management over the disasters of the previous regimes.

I feel Denver is really in a position to draft BPA and not need, there is a good group of RB's so they don't need to go after one they can just wait and see who's there. If someone like Moore from TA&M were to drop to them I think they'll take him just to push those other DE's that are on the roster.

or i've watched every patriots game for the last three years. but whatever works. i sincerely hope i'm wrong and that the offense is super-powered next year. *shrug*

It will be interesting to see how Welker's play integrates with our offense. The Pats TEs create some really tough matchups that no doubt have helped Welker. At the same time, the Pats don't have guys like DT or Decker taking the top off the defense downfield.

or i've watched every patriots game for the last three years. but whatever works. i sincerely hope i'm wrong and that the offense is super-powered next year. *shrug*

Welker was a dimension we didn't have on the team. Stokley was good at what he did, but having three Pro-Bowl caliber wide outs to send out, especially guys who understand route concepts and can do the full tree is going to pay dividends for the offense. Having Tamme/Dreesen as a #4 option makes mismatches all over the field. How many teams have secondaries that can account for the players we have on offense?

I hope the Broncos get another receiver in the draft too. Adding a guy like Markus Wheaton would make us a mortal lock for the Lombardi. Get a power runner as well and this offense is absolutely set. Weapons for now, weapons for the future.

Our defense needs upgrades on all three levels as well. I hope we can get more of an impact from this years coming class than we did with ours last year.